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‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Producer The Garden Details How It Is Expanding Its Fixed Rig Expertise To More Genres Following Success Of Netflix Gameshow


EXCLUSIVE: The co-producer of Squid Game: The Challenge is bringing its fixed rig expertise to more genres following the success of the Netflix smash, and has promoted three execs to help with the …

Beyond Squid Game and Alone, Hay said his team is also expanding the technique by which robotic cameras and microphones are used to capture real-life events to other genres, pointing to premium documentary series such as the BBC’s Our Falklands War and an upcoming feature-length on the miners’ strike. The Garden has two soon-to-be-revealed greenlights for streamers that tap into this DNA, Hay revealed, as he cautiously welcomed a “good moment” for the ITV Studios-owned company amidst a tricky time for the UK TV industry. While there were certainly teething problems, the pair have come in for praise for bringing their particular expertise to the smash show – The Garden with its fixed rig specialism and Studio Lambert with edge-of-the-seat constructed reality.

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